Archive for June, 2009
26 June 2009
The school is finished!
Well Ostico School is finished and from all reports is better than we could have hoped for! It was looking this week like the Prime Minister, Xanana Gusmao, would be attending the opening which would have been just extraordinary. Unfortunately he’s had to go overseas. It’s hard to feel disappointed though given that Kirsty and the Education Minister for East Timor are both coming to the opening (driving over 3 hours each way in the same day). Everything is set for an opening on Wednesday July 22.
project: OSTICO EAST TIMOR
18 June 2009
Books for the school
I sent out an email a couple of days ago to my friends asking if anyone had books or soccer balls I could take to East Timor with me. It was fantastic – by the next day I was carting home bags of books, most of which were in beautiful condition. I’ve also received leather soccer balls and boots from someone which will make some East Timorese boys very happy…. Now I’ve just got to figure out how to get 60kg of books on each of the aeroplanes between Abu Dhabi and East Timor!
project: OSTICO EAST TIMOR
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